Assessment Of The Contributions Of Hydrologic Cycle To The Water Quality Profile

Assessment Of The Contributions Of Hydrologic Cycle To The Water Quality Profile

Abstract

This exploration or design is on the Assessment of the benefactions of the hydrologic cycle to the water quality profile of Otamiri River. Since the quality of the Swash is defiled by the waste from different sources. This design or exploration which its ideal is to find out exactly the benefactions of the hydrologic cycle to the water quality of otamiri swash and the health counteraccusations of these feathers department to the druggies of possible results to the problems observed in this cause of the study.

The assessment of the donation of hydrologic cycle to the water quality of Otamiri, River was assessed physically, chemically, and biologically. The system of data collection was by primary data sources, while the results gotten from the test are the secondary sample.

Chapter three shows the sample collected from different accoutrements of the Swash( sample A, sample B and sample C). sample were tested for physical natural & chemical parameters.

Chapter four shows the donation of the Result gotten from the trial while chapter five is the conclusion, summary and recommendations made.

Preface

Since the morning of concern over the possible consequences of global warming, it has been extensively honored that changes in the cycling of waters between land, ocean and air could have veritably significant impacts across numerous sectors of the frugality, society and the terrain. The characteristics of numerous terrestrial ecosystems, for illustration are heavily told by water vacuity, in the case of submarine ecosystems, the volume and quality of water in gutters and aquifers is abecedarian to mortal, submarine life and numerous conditioning. utmost obviously husbandry use, assiduity use, power generation, transportation and waste constraint on profitable development. Accordingly, there have been a great numerous studies into the implicit effect of climatic change on hydrology( fastening of cycling of water and water quality aspects with its proper analysis and assessment).

The maturity of these studies have concentrated on possible changes in the water balance for illustration, the quality of sluice water, impacts of the changes in the graveness of water similar as the trustability of a water sources( force) or the threat of defiled source. This study focuses on ways espoused to determine the quality of water, by carrying out chemical textbook, natural textbook and physical textbook on Otammiri River to ascertain its quality and salutary use of water.

Water And The Hydrologic Cycle

Water begins its noway ending cycle as vapour in the atmosphere as well as the water in the lakes and abysses, provides protection against axes of both heat and cold wave. Hydrologic cycle refers to the complete movement of water from the atmosphere and below the earth face. It includes water rush as rain, snow, hail or dew, it trip over around and through obstacles above on and below the worlds face and its eventual evaporation and return to the atmosphere. It’s the longest water sanctification system known to man.

Water

Water is essential for man’s actuality, it’s demanded in large amounts and in all healthiness despite the conditions for drinkable force, water is demanded for power generation, irrigation, recreation, artificial product processes and in waste disposal. The significance of water made it possible for nature to distribute it each over the regions of the earth. The earth earth contains about 70 water in form of abysses, swell, gutters, lakes and ground water. Water handed for mortal consumption should admit minimal possible treatment, though the stylish force is one which needs no treatment at all. Public health is vulnerable to the peril of prevalence of conditions, substantially through water borne, water related and water washed conditions. These conditions include cholera, typhoid andpara-typhoid fever, malaria, unheroic fiver, schistosomosois and guinea worm. Consequent to the prevalence of complaint, water treatment processes come a preciosity that bear careful while handling. For an respectable quality of water force the transnational standard for drinking water established by World Health Organization( 2007) states that water intended to mortal consumption must be free from organisms and from attention of chemical substances that may be dangerous to health. inventories of drinking water should be affable to drinking as circumstance permit.

The quality of water must be wholesome and palatable. Wholesome water must be free from organisms, toxic and inordinate quantum of mineral, turbidity taste, odour, and must be well aerated.

Background Of The Study

This design laid further emphasis on the assessment of the donation of hydrologic cycle to the water quality of Otammiri River. To understand how impurity of the Swash occurs, it’s necessary to understand the benefactions of the hydrologic cycle to the Rivers, the water quality along its profile from the convergence of Otammiri and Nworie River. Water bodies can be completely characterized by the three major factors; hydrology, specific- chemistry and biology. thus this design describes a complete assessment of water quality grounded on applicable monitoring of these factors.

Ideal Of The Study

The end of this design is to give understanding of;

The assessment of the benefactions of hydrologic cycle to Otammiri River from the broadest perspective.

Water quality capabilities of Otammiri River

Physical, chemical and natural characteristics of water

Water quality control and operation.

Water quality in the terrain, sources of impurity, goods of common contaminations in water and tone sanctification of water.

Compass Of The Study

The compass of this design is the proper assessment of the donation of hydrologic cycle to Otammiri River which include;

Assessment of being face water( Otammiri River during stormy season as a case study)

goods of common contaminations in water

Water quality and characteristics of water

salutary use of water

Study methodology, decision on quality parameters for analysis.

Data donation, computation and discussion.

Exploration Thesis

While there’s a considerable quantum of water quality data collected for the trial, the timing and frequence of samples doesn’t give a definite information on the degree which water quality is grounded. The following was demanded to determine the water quality conditions.

Three different samples would be collected from difernt rung of Otammiri River

The samples should be taken unperturbed and moved to the laboratory incontinently for proper analysis.

The presence of the following should be determined; bobby , zinc, magnesium, iron, sulphate, phosphate, nitrite, chloride and sulphite.

Also, the following should be determined; pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, alkalinity, total hardness, turbidity, total coliform,etc.

Significance Of The Study

This design provides an account on how to make hydrologic cycle and water quality fit for mortal use.

The colorful treatment system of polluted water

It provides information on how the Swash is being defiled along the rung of the swash.

Limitation Of The Study

In the course of carrying out this design, some difficulties were encountered which includes;

Attainability of exploration material like test books

Unsteady power force that delayed the laboratories trial

Difficulties encountered when assaying different water sample

Non vacuity of outfit demanded for water quality analysis.